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Hotel Playa Pesquero in Guardalavaca. Guardalavaca is a town in the Holguín Province of Cuba.It is a tourist location due to its white sandy beaches and warm waters. . Guardalavaca beach is protected by a large coral reef and is visited by both local Cubans a
Holguín (/ ɔː l ˈ ɡ iː n /, [4] Spanish pronunciation:) is a municipality-city in Cuba. After Havana , Santiago de Cuba , and Camagüey , it is the fourth largest city in Cuba. History
The Colorados Archipelago (Spanish: Archipiélago de los Colorados, also called Archipiélago de Santa Isabel and Archipiélago de Guaniguanico) is a chain of isles and cays on Cuba's north-western coast. The sea surrounding the islands is used mainly for fishing, with commercial captures of lobster, sponge, oysters, red snapper and tuna. [1]
Rafael Freyre train station. The main municipal settlement (Rafael Freyre itself) developed around the sugar cane factory "Central Santa Lucía". [3] The only middle school in the area, “ESBU Rafael Freyre Torres,” is attended by a few hundred students from small towns near Los Mineros, La Viuda, Cochico, and other nearby towns.
The chain of beaches called the Eastern Beaches (Spanish: Playas del Este) extend for 15 miles (24 km) along the north coast of Havana City province.The beaches are (named from West to East): Tarará; El Mégano; Bacuranao (has a bay shape, thick sand and a small Spanish fortress on its western side); Santa María del Mar; Boca Ciega; Guanabo; La Veneciana and Brisas del Mar.
Pinar del Río was one of the last major cities in Cuba founded by the Spanish, on 10 September 1867. [3] The city and province was founded as Nueva Filipinas (New Philippines) in response to an influx of Asian laborers coming from the Philippine Islands to work on tobacco plantations.
The Bay of Pigs (Spanish: Bahía de los Cochinos) is an inlet of the Gulf of Cazones, located on the southern coast of Cuba.By 1910 it was included in Santa Clara Province, and then to Las Villas Province by 1961, but in 1976, it was reassigned to Matanzas Province, when the original six provinces of Cuba were re-organized into 14 new Provinces of Cuba.
Varadero (Spanish pronunciation: [baɾaˈðeɾo]), also referred to as Playa Azul (Blue Beach), is a resort town in the province of Matanzas, Cuba, and one of the largest resort areas in the Caribbean.